Tag: Gmo

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  Campaign Against GMO Food Major Theme at Natural Products Expo West 2012 (Video)

  Several attending companies had initiatives lobbying for GMO-labeling at the natural products expo in Los Angeles.

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  4 Heirloom, Non-GMO Seed Sources for Foodies, Kitchen Gardeners, and Chefs

  Keeping genetic diversity in plants isn't just an issue for gardeners -- foodies and chefs have a stake in it as well.

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  Vermont Introduces Law Requiring Labels on Genetically Modified Foods

  Other states are backing similar efforts, but the Vermont law would also prohibit "natural" claims on labels of foods that are genetically modified.

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  Californians Fight for the "Right to Know" if GMOs are in Their Food

  Should GMO foods be labeled? Californians are hoping to put the issue up for a vote in 2012.

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  Why is a Purple Tomato Better than a Big Red Tomato?

  Diane Ott Whealy recommends taking a stroll through the garden to explain "genetic diversity."

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  USDA Quietly Approves New GMO Corn, While Touting Safety of Agent Orange Ingredient

  Nearly 45,000 public comments were written opposing the newly approved corn variety and only 23 comments were written in favor, and other GMO crops are on the way.

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  Celebrating Wheat's 8,000-Year-Old History in Turkey

  A bread-making workshop, a dinner featuring traditional wheat-based dishes, and a discussion on wheat's role in Turkey's history are on the agenda in Istanbul for today's celebration of Terra Madre Day 2011.

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  Federal Agency Faces Lawsuit Over GMO Crops in U.S. Wildlife Refuges

  "Allowing pesticide-promoting, [genetically engineered] crops degrades these vital ecosystems and is antithetical to the basic purpose of our refuge system."

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  What Are GMOs & How Many US Foods Contain Them? (Infographic)

  In light of it being GMO Awareness Month this October, and that TreeHugger has written extensively on the subject but never done a really succinct piece on what a genetically modified organism is, I'm passing on this

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  As Roundup Causes Health Problems Around the World, U.S. Researchers Find Glyphosate in Air & Water

  Mississippi and Iowa, two big farm states, were recently tested for glyphosate levels in the air and water. Researchers found the key ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide in every stream sample tested, Scientific

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  ConAgra Sued for Misusing "100% Natural" Claim on Genetically Modified Oils

  Most conscientious shoppers know that there is no regulation behind the word "natural" on food labels (with the exception, to some extent, of meat). So food companies slap the word on any product they want to, no matter how many

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  Why Is Genetically Modified Bluegrass Exempt From Federal Regulation?

  In the head scratcher of the week, New York Times reports that the US Department of Agriculture has decided that genetically modified bluegrass developed by Scotts Miracle-Gro can be sold without any federal

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  Should We Create a Chickenosaurus (Dinochicken)?

  This sounds like science fiction. But paleontologist Jack Horner of Montana wants to recreate the dinosaurs, using DNA from a chicken. Hasn't this guy seen Jurassic Park? Or any of the sequels? He recently gave a TED talk on the

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  Organic Trade Association Ripe for Change

  The Organic Trade Association (OTA) was hit with accusations of corruption last week in a short documentary released by an anonymous group calling themselves Organic Spies. The OTA has

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  Organic Trade Association Responds to Critics About GMO Stance

  The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has responded to levelled against it in a recently released short documentary. I wrote about this film earlier this week along with additional commentary by organic food pioneer and

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  Charges of Corruption Taint Organic Trade Association (video)

  A new short film claims that the board of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) is undermining the ethic of of the organic movement. The film, embedded below, was released by an anonymous

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  Genetically Modified Cows To Produce 'Human' Milk

  Details are a bit thin on this one, but my initial reaction to this is an overwhelming grossness: Reports from Times of India are that researchers in China have genetically modified some 200 cows so that the

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  New Research Finds That Roundup Ready GMO Crops May Cause Animal Miscarriages

  Here's another reason the recent approval of GMO alfalfa and sugar beets was a bad idea: researchers claim that Roundup Ready GE crops contain an organism, completely unknown until now, that